Important Books, Manuscripts & Works on Paper

Sacrobosco (Johannes de) - Sphaera Mundi, [probably edited by Johannes Lucilius Santritter], 58 ff., 32 lines, Roman type, initial full-page woo...

Medici (Lorenzo de) - Poesie Volgari, first edition , woodcut printer`s device to title and verso of final f., large woodcut historiated initia...

Dolet (Etienne) - De re navali liber ad Lazarvm Ba first edition, woodcut device on title, another on verso of final blank leaf, 2 large woodcu...

Josephus (Flavius) - Des hochberühmten Jüdischen G 2 vol. in 1, titles in red and black within woodcut architectural border, numerous woodcut i...

Le Théâtre Illustré, nos.1-78 in 1 vol., 79 lithorgraphed plates, 78 hand-coloured, contemporary calf-backed boards, a little rubbed and scuffe...

Splendor Solis. Handschrift 78 D3 des Kupferstichkabinetts der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin, number 297 of 998 copies , facsimile in gilt-stam...

French Revolutionary Artillery.- - Tables des Fer effort, Voitures, ., manuscript in French, 138pp, black ink, tables, little marked, conte...

Chaucer (Geoffrey) - The workes of our antient and sixth edition, 1 engraved plate, lacking editor`s dedication ff. along with the first and las...

The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by…Kings and ( Sir Thomas, editor ) The Laws and Acts of Parliament made by Kings and Queen of Scotl...

Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4vol ( Sir William) Commentaries on the Laws of England, 4vol., second edition, 2 engraved tables...

Dickens (Charles) - Great Expectations, 3 vol., first edition, third impressions of each volume (with the exception of vol. III, p.39, second ...

Binding.- Carter (John Waynflete) & Percy H. Muir. bound in russet goatskin, by Faith Shannon , spine divided by gilt and black dots an...

Adams (Richard) - Watership Down, first edition, signed by the author on bookplate to endpaper, light browning to endpapers, original cloth, sp...

Joyce (James) - Exiles, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to John Dulanty dated `London 17. 7. [1]931`, endpapers...

Yeats (W.B.) - The Cutting of an Agate, first edition, signed presentation inscription from the author to ?Juel Södenberg, dated `Stockholm Dec....

Joyce (James) - Finnegans Wake, first edition, light foxing and browning to endpapers, original cloth, subtle and minor restorations to head an...

Lawrence (D.H.) - Lady Chatterley’s Lover, first edition, one of 1000 copies signed by the author , original mulberry boards with phoenix dev...

Rowling (J.K.) - [A Full Set of the Deluxe Edition 7 vol. first deluxe editions, first impressions, all but the last signed by the author, ...

-. Sansom (William) - The Equilibriad, number 11 of 750 copies signed by the author , illustrated by Lucien Freud, browning to endpapers, ori...

Vale Press.- Browning (Elizabeth Barrett) - Sonnet one of 300 on paper, ornamental initials in red, white pigskin tooled in gilt and blind, geo...

Bianchini (Francesco) - Del Palazzo de`Cesari, title in red and black with large engraved vignette, engraved initials and head-pieces, 20 engrav...

Gardens.- Knoop (Johann Hermann) - Beschouwende en first and only edition, title in red red and black and with engraved printer`s device, 16 fo...

Lacroux (J.) and C. Détain. - Constructions en Bri 2 vol., first edition , half-title to vol.1, 155 chromolithographed plates, 189 wood-engrav...

Rossi (Giuseppe Ignazio) - La Libreria Mediceo-Lau engraved frontispiece, half-title, with titles to 1739 and 1755 editions (the second designat...

Schuelt (F.L.) - Recueil d`Architecture, dessiné et mesuré en Italie , first edition , half-title, additional engraved pictorial title and 7...

Sturm (Leonhard Christoph) - Prodromus architectur first edition, 25 engraved plates and plans on 29 sheets (some on two sheets, some with two ...

Chagall (Marc) and Klaus Mayer. - Der Gott der Vät Die Chagall-Fenster zu St.Stephan in Mainz, second edition , signed and inscribed by Chag...

Kaiser (Fritz) - Fuehrer durch die Austellung Enta zusammengestellt von der Reichspropagandaleitung...., first edition, photoraphic illustratio...

Sexton (D.R) - The complete set of eight large wat comprising cover design and seven full-page illustrations, the cover depicting Alice and a mo...

-. - 2 nineteenth century manuscript books on Egyp 48pp. and 65pp., the latter with 20pp disbound, [1870s] bound with Brugsch (Heinrich) Hi...

Merian (Matthaeus) - Topographia Helvetiae Rhaetia first Dutch edition, engraved pictorial title, folding map and 55 views or plates, all but 1...

Merian (Matthaeus) - Topographia Bohemiæ Moraviæ e fine engraved armorial title, 37 double-page or folding maps, views and plates (including a l...

Ancient Unedited Monuments. Painted Greek Vases, S Ancient Unedited Monuments. Painted Greek Vases, Statues, Busts, Bas-reliefs, from Collection...

India.- Abbott (George) - Views of the Forts of Bh first edition, 13 lithographed plates by Lynch, Harding and Mackenzie after Abbott (includin...

-. Scoto (Andrea) - Itinerario, overo Nova Descrit 3 parts in 1, title with woodcut printer`s device, 18 folding engraved maps, plans and views...

-. Strahlenberg (Philipp Johann von) - Das nord-un first edition, large folding table ("Harmonia Linguarum"), folding woodcut map and 10 foldin...

A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3 vol. only ( Captain James) A Voyage to the Pacific Ocean, 3 vol. only ( lacking atlas vol. ), engraved...

Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, 2 vol ( Captain Sir Edward) Narrative of a Voyage Round the World, 2 vol., first edition, ...

-. Pennant (Thomas) - Some Account of London, 3 vol., fourth edition with considerable additions, extra-illustrated with over 300 plates, in...

Chandler (Alfred) & William Beattie Booth. - Illus vol. 1 (all published), first edition, 40 hand-coloured plates (36 engraved, 4 lithographed)...

Curtis (William) - Flora Londonensis, or, Plates and Descriptions of Such Plants As Grow Wild in the Environs of London, 6 parts in 3 vol., fi...

Illustrations of Natural History, 3 vol., first ed Illustrations of Natural History, 3 vol., first edition, 151 engraved plates (150 hand-col...

Duke (J.) - The Compleat Florist, first edition in book form , engraved and hand-coloured throughout with frontispiece of fountain in a garde...

Haller (Albrecht von) - Icones plantarum Helvetiæ, first edition , engraved vignette title and 52 engraved plates on 46 sheets, some folding,...

Sweet (Robert) - Cistinae. The Natural Order of Ci first edition, 112 hand-coloured engraved plates, several heightened in gum arabic, by S.Wat...

Sweet (Robert) - Flora Australasica; or, a Selection of Handsome, or Curious Plants, Natives of New Holland, and the South Sea Islands , first e...

Audebert (Jean Baptiste) and Viellot (Louis Pierre 2 vol., 190 hand-coloured engraved plates on 187 leaves, (including one duplicate, so lackin...

Darwin (Charles) - The Descent of Man and Selecti 2 vol., first edition, second issue, the Theodor Magnus and Nils Fries copy , half-titles...

Schinz (Heinrich Rudolf) - Naturgeschichte und Abb 2 vol. including plate vol., text vol. lacking pp.188-205, foxed, contemporary half sheep, sp...

Alghisi (Tommaso) - Litotomia Ovvero del Cavar la first edition, half-title, title with large engraved printer`s device, 16 engraved plates, p...

Cowper (William) - Anatomia corporum humanorum ce second edition in Latin, fine engraved additional pictorial title, vignette to printed title ...

Gauss (Carl Friedrich) - Recherches Arithmétiques, translated by A.-C.-M. Poullet-Delisle, first French edition, half-title, light browning to...

Harris (John) - Lexicon Technicum: or an Universal 2 vol., second edition, titles in red and black, engraved portrait frontispiece and 14 plate...

Beschreibung des Astronomischen Uhr, welche von He ( Hilarius Franz Xaver Christopher ) Beschreibung des Astronomischen Uhr, welche von Herrn ...